Yuriy Zapisotsky, Secretary General of the Football Federation of Ukraine (UAF), was imprisoned in a pre-trial detention center for 60 days. It has been reported gym.
The Shevchenkovsky District Court of the city of Lviv changed the restraining order for Zapisotsky in case of embezzlement of funds in the construction of a factory for the production of artificial turf for football fields.
On February 16, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted searches in the UAF office. At the end of November 2022, the head of the federation, Andrei Pavelko, was arrested for embezzling funds used to organize the production of artificial turf for football fields. The UAF bailed him out for $260,000.
In the spring of 2022, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to exclude all Russian clubs, as well as the Russian national team, from all competitions controlled by these organizations.
Russian football players play matches with their rivals from abroad, but the matches are friendly. These games are played at both the club level and the national team level.
Previously reportedUEFA said it was concerned about the development of the situation around Pavelko, president of the Ukrainian Football Federation.